Banking/finance in San Diego?

I recently visited San Diego and I fell in love with the city. It feels like it has everything positive about California without all the problems of LA and SF. 

I am seriously considering moving there. Is anyone working in finance there? How is the scene? Are there good opportunities or is it limiting?

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Finance is very small in the SD and there isn’t much room for growth (there isn’t really a finance community here). If you don’t want to significantly limit your career you kind of have to do LA as the next closest. I think there is room to have a successful career in finance down in SD but you should probably start your career elsewhere and make the move when you’re more senior due to lack of IB/PE presence

 

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